I did mushrooms for a week straight while I was camping in the mountains with a couple of friends. It was in 1994, I was 19 and it tore open my consciousness.. I have been awake ever since. I have never felt the need to do them again after I reached that point of true consciousness and awakening. It WILL make you take a good hard look at all of your flaws, the things you did (and are doing) wrong and it will be upsetting at times.. but in the end, you are aware of the things you did wrong so you don’t subconsciously repeat them. When taken under the right conditions, mushrooms can completely heal damaged parts of your psyche

Psilocin is 4 hydroxy-N, N Dimethyl tryptamine. One of the most, if not the most similar compound to N, N-DMT found in nature, (there are other contenders such as 5-MeO-DMT).But mushrooms for the most part, contain by majority, psilocybin which is somewhat different. Psilocybin is [3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-1H-indol-4-yl] dihydrogen phosphate, a larger and more complex molecule, (although not that large or complex when compared to something like LSD for example). However when consumed, it is rapidly dephosphorylated into psilocin. your body essentially breaks apart the psilocybin molecule into psilocin and a phosphate group. Essentially psilocybin is a prodrug for psilocin, quite like 1P-LSD, an analogue of LSD, acts as a prodrug for LSD. Although psilocin is orally active it is still broken down by monoamine oxidase enzymes, so MAO inhibitors will prolong the effects of mushrooms. Psilocybin and psilocin are quite safe as stand alone compounds and can be consumed safely at levels or doses which can produce extreme and profound psychedelic effects. As long as you have correctly identified the type mushroom you intend to consume and not selected a neurotoxic psychedelic mushroom ( which do exist). However one should use caution with an MAOI, although regularly prepared with DMT containing plants to make ayahuasca, the Monoamine oxidase enzyme serves a very important function in the body, and consumption of an inhibitor with other drugs and even other foods can be quite dangerous, and the dangers shouldn’t be taken lightly. So I would recommend that if you wish to consume mushrooms, just make sure they are correctly identified and consumed on their own. This is why I think consuming high dose of mushrooms is safer than an ayahuasca trip. They can actually produce very similar trips with the right the set and setting. Given the similarities of the compounds, I guess it’s not that surprising.